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Palmitic acid

≥98% palmitic acid basis (GC), flakes, powder or crystals, suitable for thin layer chromatography (TLC), gas chromatography (GC)

Synonym(s):

1-Pentadecanecarboxylic acid, C16:0, Cetylic acid, Hexadecanoic acid, NSC 5030, PamOH

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)14COOH
CAS Number:
57-10-3
Molecular Weight:
256.42
NACRES:
NA.21
PubChem Substance ID:
57648272
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
EC Number:
200-312-9
MDL number:
MFCD00002747
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
607489
Assay:
≥98% palmitic acid basis (GC)
Form:
flakes, powder or crystals
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Product Name

Palmitic acid, ≥98% palmitic acid basis (GC)

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 210 °C)

Quality Level

200

assay

≥98% palmitic acid basis (GC)

form

flakes, powder or crystals

technique(s)

gas chromatography (GC): suitable, thin layer chromatography (TLC): suitable

impurities

≤1% stearic acid (GC)

bp

271.5 °C/100 mmHg (lit.)

mp

61-62.5 °C (lit.), 62-65 °C

acid value

≤240

iodine value

≤0.5

saponification value

≤240

density

0.852 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C16H32O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18/h2-15H2,1H3,(H,17,18)

InChI key

IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... FABP2(2169), FABP3(2170), FABP4(2167), FABP5(2171)

General description

Palmiticacid (C16:0) is a saturated fatty acid commonly found in various naturalsources, such as animal fats and plant oils.

Application

Palmitic acid may be employed in the preparation of palmitic anhydride, via reaction with dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) in carbon tetrachloride. It undergoes deoxygenation in the presence of 4%wt Pd/C mesoporous catalyst at 300°C and pressure of 17bar of 5% H2 in argon. Aliphatic chain length hydrocarbons containing one less carbon than the corresponding acid were obtained as major products.

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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

nwg

flash_point_f

235.4 °F

flash_point_c

113 °C

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Z Selinger et al.
Journal of lipid research, 7(1), 174-175 (1966-01-01)
A simple method is described for the preparation of caprylic, palmitic, stearic, and oleic anhydrides. Reaction of the free fatty acid and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide in carbon tetrachloride at room temperature gives the corresponding anhydrides in high yield (87-94%).
Catalytic deoxygenation of stearic acid and palmitic acid in semibatch mode.
Lestari S, et al.
Catalysis Letters, 130(1-2), 48-51 (2009)
Yanhong Hao et al.
iScience, 24(9), 102974-102974 (2021-08-17)
Asymptomatic infection is a big challenge in curbing the spread of COVID-19. However, its identification and pathogenesis elucidation remain issues. Here, by performing comprehensive lipidomic characterization of serum samples from 89 asymptomatic COVID-19 patients and 178 healthy controls, we screened
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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
27734-1KG04061826193402
27734-25KG04061832747736